5 Takeaways from “Green Real estate” Training

I spent last Wednesday and Thursday in Northern Virginia in Earth Advantage training, learning more about green homes, green real estate, their respective relevance in the market and how best to help and advise my clients regarding such. Below the “fold” is a Storify I did and conversations I had during the sessions, but these are five big takeaways.

3 – I’d wager that a “miles per gallon” for homes will be common place in the next three years. I firmly believe that a “MPG for homes” would hurt resale value of existing, less-energy-efficient homes. The Department of Energy is funding programs such as LEAP and this Earth Advantage training and other such programs in order to create a market for energy efficient homes and products; I can make at least two arguments about this, one pro and one con. Either way, now would be a good time to learn about the SAVE* Act and see who supports and opposes it.

4 – There are more than 70 green home certifications across the country; Earth Craft, Energy Star, LEED are the most prominent in this part of the country. They’re all different; they all have different qualification systems and they’re all brands.

Learning about Green (real estate)

Learning to be a better, greener Realtor so that I can better advise my clients – buyers and sellers (and my readers) about energy efficient housing. Notes from the Earth Advantage class … a story in progress.

Storified by Jim Duncan · Thu, Jul 19 2012 12:49:27

Summarizing two days of green real estate training: Consumers say they care about saving energy but really, they care about saving money.Jim Duncan

Talking about how we’d market the $1.3 million "green" house this morning, I can’t help but reference this: http://bit.ly/Nk5gsbJim Duncan

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I am a Realtor/Broker/Partner with Nest Realty in Charlottesville, Virginia. The goal of this site/blog remains unchanged in the nearly 10 years since its founding – to provide clear, coherent and unbiased analysis of the Charlottesville area real estate market.